19/02 2010
International Women's Day
The Reproductive Justice Coalition of Los Angeles and the sponsoring organizations would like to invite you to join us for a Celebration of International Women's Day on March 6th 2010.
The Celebrating our Power /Building our Skills event is meant as a celebration of the power of women to make change in the world and an opportunity to sharpen our skills as advocates for health and justice.
Discussion topics will include:
- Why improving air quality along the 710 freeway is a reproductive health and justice issue
- Healthy Nail Salons and Health Black Hair care - building multicultural alliances to green the hair and nail industry
- From the personal responsibility to the political - getting dangerous chemicals out of personal care products
- Demonstrations on making your own safer cleaning products
- Improving your public speaking and advocacy skills training
- Movement building and networking opportunities
Please join us in exploring the intersections of reproductive justice and environmental justice and how we are working together to strengthen our respective movements.
When Saturday March 6th 2010
Where Office of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
400 West 30th Street, LA, 90007
FREE Lunch Provided | Translation Available
please let us know if you are bringing your children
RSVP to Martha Dina Arguello
marguello{AT}psr-la.org
Haiti Support Services
Haiti information service launched by Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has today launched a first-of-its kind, free
disaster-information service for the people of Haiti. The service allows
survivors of Haiti's earthquake to receive critical information by text
message directly to their phones, free of charge.
The service also acts as a news and information gathering mechanism,
whereby survivors can report information directly into the EIS team of
specialist journalists. The EIS team will collate this information and
it will be made available to agencies, emergency teams and local media.
People outside of Haiti and the quake zone can register their loved
ones' cell phone numbers on their behalf.
TO REGISTER FOR THE SERVICE
- If inside Haiti: text your location to 4636 directly from your own
phone
- If inside Haiti and registering someone else's phone number: send a
text with REGISTER or REGISTRE and the loved ones' number and location,
to 4636
- If overseas: text REGISTER or REGISTRE and the loved ones' local Haiti
number, and location to +4673 749 4535
- Note: The SMS shortcode is dependent on local telecom infrastructure;
if the infrastructure fails, the local SMS service will not work
The EIS also aims to get critical information to survivors via local
media, especially radio, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation already has
a team of expert humanitarian journalists in Haiti working around the
clock to collect and disseminate information.
Working with technology partner InSTEDD and aid agencies including the
Red Cross, the Thomson Reuters Foundation aims to help Haitians with
practical information to help them take control of their own recovery.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO, Monique Villa, said this morning,
"In times of major natural catastrophes, information itself is aid, as
crucial as shelter or blankets. All forms of communication in Haiti have
been impaired and the EIS team will help fill the communication void
providing reliable, actionable information to the disaster affected
population.
"We only launched our new service in December on the fifth anniversary
of the Asian Tsunami and whilst you never want or anticipate significant
natural disasters, I am pleased that our service is now up and running
so that we can come to the aid of the people of Haiti."
